DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator Spanning the 600-Year Period From 1600 to 2200 on the Modern Gregorian Calendar PHP Program by Jay Tanner - Based on the NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model
Calendar Date Year / Month / Day	Time hh:mm:ss	Date/Time Mode LT | UT | TT	Local Time Zone Offset From UT ±hh:mm (Neg/Pos  =  West/East)
			Local Time (LT) =  UT
Default Location:  America/New_York - Your Local Latitude, Lonitude and Time Zone May be Different
Geographic Location Used For Local Topocentric Computations			43.8035 deg
Latitude Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=S)	Longitude Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=W)	Sea-Level Elevation meters
QUICK DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS ---------------------------- DATE/TIME/MODE/ZONE/LOCATION Date = 2026 Mar 22 Sun Time = 04:19:28 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m JD TT = 2461121.84771992 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 43.8035 deg Visual Phase = Waxing crescent moon Horizon Altitude = -26.832° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in N Direction Azimuth = 6.902° = N (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 07:05 Sunrise 07:39:52 Perigee at 366857.178 km = 227954.482 mi 08:37 Moonrise - Waxing crescent moon 19:22 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 02h 46m 15.011s = 2.7708363 h = 41.5625445° Declination = +21° 04' 57.33" = +21.082591° Distance = 227960.593 mi = 366867.012 km Angular Diameter = 32' 34.42" = 32.57367' = 1954.42" = 0.5428945° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 59' 46.18" = 0.9961610° = 59.76966' = 3586.18" Local Hour Angle = +12h 26m 36.13s = +12.4433701 h = +186.6505510° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 02h 46m 36.566s = 2.7768240 h = 41.6523600° Declination = +20° 12' 01.98" = +20.200551° Radial Velocity = -5.91 km/h = -3.67 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3856.40 km/h = 2396.25 mi/h MARCH 2026 - Lunar Quarter Phases, Apogees and Perigees For Time Zone UT-04:00 Applied NASA Delta T = +00:01:15 Date and Time LT Lunar Event --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2026 Mar 03 Tue 07:38 Full Moon = Phase 180 2026 Mar 10 Tue 09:43 Apogee 251272.85 mi = 404384.45 km 2026 Mar 11 Wed 05:38 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2026 Mar 18 Wed 21:23 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2026 Mar 22 Sun 07:40 Perigee 227954.48 mi = 366857.17 km 2026 Mar 25 Wed 15:18 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLE Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2026 Mar 22 Sun 04:19:28 LT 2461121.68018519 2461122 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2026 Mar 22 Sun 08:19:28 UT 2461121.84685186 2461122 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2026 Mar 22 Sun 08:20:43 TT 2461121.84771992 2461122 TT JD TT = 2461121.84771992 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m ----------- EARTH GEOID ρ × sin(φ') = +0.6743577407 ρ × cos(φ') = +0.7363265249 ---------------------- APPARENT SIDEREAL TIME Greenwich 20h 20m 08.67s = 20.3357405 h = 305.0361068 deg Local 15h 12m 51.14s = 15.2142064 h = 228.2130957 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2026 Mar 22 Sun Time = 04:19:28 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2461121.84771992 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 02h 46m 15.011s = 2.7708363 h = 41.5625445° Declination = +21° 04' 57.33" = +21.082591° Distance = 227960.593 mi = 366867.012 km Phase Angle = 43.80347° Visual Phase = Waxing crescent moon Angular Diameter = 32' 34.42" = 32.57367' = 1954.42" = 0.5428945° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 59' 46.18" = 0.9961610° = 59.76966' = 3586.18" Radial Velocity = -5.91 km/h = -3.67 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3856.40 km/h = 2396.25 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 02h 46m 36.566s = 2.7768240 h = 41.6523600° Declination = +20° 12' 01.98" = +20.200551° Horizon Altitude = -26.832° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in N Direction Azimuth = 6.902° = N (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +12h 26m 36.13s = +12.4433701 h = +186.6505510° Light Time = 1.1967 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.3934 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 07:05 Sunrise 07:39:52 Perigee at 366857.178 km = 227954.482 mi 08:37 Moonrise - Waxing crescent moon 19:22 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2026 Mar 22 Sun LT TZ = UT-04:00 = Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg/Pos = West/East) dT = +00:01:15 = NASA Delta T estimate Table Origin for 00:00:00 LT of date = 2461121.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 2.4765225 +19.557592 366958.960 228017.726 39.6833 -2 2.5163634 +19.772256 366940.603 228006.320 40.2457 -1 2.5563121 +19.984933 366924.098 227996.064 40.8081 00 2.5963688 +20.195591 366909.437 227986.954 41.3706 01 2.6365337 +20.404200 366896.609 227978.983 41.9331 02 2.6768067 +20.610730 366885.605 227972.146 42.4957 03 2.7171876 +20.815149 366876.413 227966.434 43.0583 04 2.7576767 +21.017428 366869.024 227961.843 43.6209 05 2.7982737 +21.217535 366863.427 227958.365 44.1836 06 2.8389783 +21.415441 366859.611 227955.994 44.7462 07 2.8797904 +21.611117 366857.564 227954.722 45.3089 08 2.9207098 +21.804531 366857.276 227954.543 45.8715 09 2.9617359 +21.995655 366858.734 227955.449 46.4342 10 3.0028686 +22.184460 366861.928 227957.434 46.9968 11 3.0441075 +22.370915 366866.844 227960.488 47.5594 12 3.0854518 +22.554992 366873.471 227964.606 48.1219 13 3.1269013 +22.736662 366881.797 227969.780 48.6845 14 3.1684553 +22.915897 366891.809 227976.001 49.2470 15 3.2101130 +23.092668 366903.493 227983.261 49.8094 16 3.2518740 +23.266947 366916.839 227991.554 50.3718 17 3.2937373 +23.438707 366931.831 228000.869 50.9341 18 3.3357020 +23.607920 366948.458 228011.201 51.4964 19 3.3777675 +23.774560 366966.706 228022.540 52.0586 20 3.4199327 +23.938599 366986.561 228034.877 52.6207 21 3.4621965 +24.100011 367008.010 228048.205 53.1827 22 3.5045580 +24.258770 367031.040 228062.515 53.7446 23 3.5470161 +24.414850 367055.636 228077.798 54.3064 24 3.5895695 +24.568225 367081.785 228094.046 54.8682 25 3.6322172 +24.718871 367109.473 228111.251 55.4298 26 3.6749577 +24.866762 367138.685 228129.402 55.9913 27 3.7177896 +25.011875 367169.407 228148.492 56.5527 28 3.7607118 +25.154185 367201.625 228168.512 57.1140 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.95 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner Revised: 2022 August 27 at 12:46:14 AM Saturday